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Family of fire victim honored
Memorial helps buy firefighting equipment
fire department memorial pic
Great Bend Fire Chief Luke McCormick presents a plaque to Valerie Rziha-Ruiz and Lorie Weston during the City Council meeting Monday night. Rziha-Ruiz and Weston are the daughters of Lawrence Rziha who died in a September 2019 house fire, and a memorial donation in his honor helped purchase equipment for the Fire Department. Also pictured are members of the GBFD C Shift which responded to the fire. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune
A memorial fund donation to the Great Bend Fire Department left in the name of a man who died in a September 2019 blaze will help the department when it responds to future fires, Fire Chief Luke McCormick said, addressing the City Council Monday night.